I think Mr. Scott will not be sitting personally in this seat.
I honestly would not sacrifice 5 or even 10 minutes of extra boarding time only to be uncomfortable for a 5 hour flight... but that's just me. Also if you are an elite and your group gets called up and you have an aisle seat are you going to tell me that im going to wait until the rest of my row boards just to sit down??? I can really see this causing a lot more problems that it will create.